War veteran who survived World War-II attends Dunkirk's premiere

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A war veteran who survived the battle of Dunkirk was moved to tears at the premiere of Christopher Nolan's new film.

Ken Sturdy, a 97-year-old veteran who lives in Canada, survived the battle of Dunkirk in the 1940s, and recently shared how he broke into tears after watching the Christopher Nolan movie accounting the events he lived through almost 80 years ago. “I never thought I would see that again, It was just like I was there again”, he said.

The film is based on the battle between Nazi Germany and the Allied forces during World War II. Named to be one of deadliest battles in human history, it lasted nine days and saw more than 50 million fatalities.

“I was in those little boats picking them out of the water. I had the privilege of seeing that film tonight but I’m saddened by it because of what happened on that beach”, Sturdy said.

Dunkirk took Sturdy back to those days when thousands of soldiers died or were captured. “Watching the movie, I could see my old friends again and a lot of them died in the war,” he said. “I went on convoys after that in the North Atlantic. I had lost so many of my buddies”, he added.

At the 1940 battle, Sturdy was a 20-year-old signalman with the United Kingdom Royal Navy and helped evacuated soldiers reach waiting boats after they became stranded and threatened by the invading German army.

Sturdy also expressed his disappointment that the events he and thousands of others experienced at Dunkirk still haven't taught future generations of the senseless tragedy of war.

He added with eyes full of tears that the movie is not just entertainment. “Don’t just go to the movie for entertainment. Think about it. And when you become adults, keep thinking. Tonight I cried because it’s never the end. It won’t happen. We the human species are so intelligent and we do such astonishing things. We can fly to the moon but we still do stupid things,” said Ken Sturdy.